Does Cleo Still Want to Be White?
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The following podcast is a Dear Media production. Bratman to Earth, Earth to Bratman. Girl, you already know who it is. Good morning, Philippines. Good morning, Hawaii. And good morning, Samoa. Like the title suggests, we have a very special guest today. She is fresh from Samoa. We have Miss Cleo Amor Amitonu. Come in.

Yes, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire.

Say hi. Hi, guys. What's your name? Cleo Amor Amitunu. Ooh, get it right. Cleo Amor Amitunu. Welcome, guys. For those of you listening, welcome to The Baddest Radio, episode four. I cannot believe we are already in episode four. Four is my favorite number. So why not have my most favorite person in the whole entire world be my first guest ever? Cleo, did you know you're my favorite person in the world? No.

I always tell you you're my favorite person in the world. Who's your favorite person in the world? You. You guys, I didn't even tell her to say that. That was just all Cleo Amore and Mutoni right there, girl. Cleo, what time is it? I don't know. I woke Cleo up so early today, so we got to get our energy up and going, girl.

What did you have for breakfast? Spam. Do you like Spam? Yes. You're such a local girl, kid. You know a lot of people in the mainland don't like Spam? No. No. What is your favorite breakfast that mommy cooks for you so I can cook it for you next time? Fresh. Fresh what?

Fruits Fresh fruits? Okay, the guest can't see your face. I'm gonna fix your mic real quick Testing testing Okay, and she's back. I wanted to see her beautiful face because it was hidden by the mic But anyways, Cleo, who did your hair today? Uncle Uncle, can you tell them to watch this on YouTube so they can see how good your hair looks? Yes Tell them Can you watch this, please?

Yeah, she said watch this please. Don't listen to this. Okay, Cleo, so I brought you here today. Do you know why uncle asked you to be my first guest? For podcast. Yes, for my podcast. But I brought you here today because I wanted to ask you questions. Is that okay if I ask you questions? Yes. Okay, and some of these questions are from people that follows you, Cleo. Okay. How do you feel about having followers? It's fine. It's fine? Yeah.

You know you had followers since you were like two minutes old? You were like a famous baby. Really? A lot of people know Cleo Amor Amitono. Yeah. Yeah. I guess before we start, do you have any questions for me? Or you want to ask me later? Later. Okay. Think of questions that you have for me, okay? Okay.

For those of you who are not watching this on YouTube, Cleo and I are wearing our safari wear today. Cleo, what are you wearing? What animal? Cheetah. Cheetah. And I'm wearing, what animal am I wearing today? Cow. Girl, this ain't no cow. This is a zebra. Girl, this is a zebra. Okay, Cleo. I'm going to go into my journal now and I'm going to read you a journal entry that I had and I'm going to see if you remember it. Okay.

This was March 19, 2021. Okay, I put. So today I just got off a meeting. I can't really talk about it, but just know that your girl is not done with production and shows that's beyond reality TV. I invited my little nieces and my sister today to come over to play Nerf gun tournament. I'm not really good at it, but family time is always needed for the soul. Do you remember when we played Nerf guns? Yes. Who was here?

My mom. Who else? When we were playing outside over there with the Nerf guns? Do you remember that, Cleo? Yes, but I don't remember who came. You only remember mommy? Yeah. And you? Yeah. You don't remember like all your other aunties and nieces? Keisha Dem was here. Casey Dem was here. Yeah.

You don't remember? Yeah. That was fun, right? Yes. We should play that again. With Atikisi and Atikisha. Mm-hmm. You remember? Yeah.

Okay, so she remembers. Back in 2021, we had like a Nerf gun tournament and everybody brought their Nerf guns to my house and we were just all shooting at each other. I am still very much finding those Nerf bullets all around my house till this day. It is now 2024, three years later. Actually, just a couple weeks ago, I just found it in front of my house. We weren't even playing in the front gates of my house, but there were Nerf guns in there and I know they were mine because we had them like colored. Anyways.

We're going to move on to questions for Cleo.

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My name is Cleo Moore. I'm your channel. And Uncle Redman named me. Yes, I named her the Cleo part. Honestly, when I found out that my sister was pregnant, I was 17 years old and my sister was 16. This was around, because my sister and I are two years apart, but there is a gap in between us where we're only a year apart. And it was during that gap when I found out that Cleo was in her tummy.

And I remember just being like, I'm going to name her. Like, I didn't even I didn't even have a reaction to my sister being pregnant, because if I'm being honest with you guys, I had a feeling that she was because I kept having dreams of her having a child. So I honestly it was hard for me to be shocked when she announced it to me, because I don't know why, but I've convinced myself that she already was. But so when she did tell me that she was pregnant, I was like, I'm going to name her.

And if you were going to be a boy, Cleo, you know what your name was going to be? What? Leo. And then I found out you were a girl and I was like, okay, I'll name her Cleo. And the Amor part was from your uncle Colin. Because I was like, Cleo Amor. I was thinking of a second name for you. So I was like, Cleo McDonald's? Cleo McNuggets?

And your uncle Colin was like, how about Cleo Amor? You know what Amor means? No. It means love. So your name is Cleo Love. What is Amiatonu? I don't know. It's Samoan. You know what it means in Samoan? No. It means righteousness, I think. You have a really cool name. Cleo Amor Amiatonu. And a lot of people that love you named you.

Do you know that? Yeah. Everyone that loves you names you. Because Amitono came from your grandmother in your dad's side. What grade are you in now? First grade, but I'm going to go to second grade. Yeah, it's summer. It's summer. What have you done this summer so far? Summer fun. Oh, you did summer fun? Yes. Was the summer fun fun? What are you guys doing for summer fun? We did steam and we...

We went to Philchips. What is STEAM? I think STEAM is S is for Silly Silent Science.

T is for technology and E is for engineering and A is for art and M is for math. Wow, you did all of that? Yes. Is it done already or are you still doing it? I'm done already. Is that what you did at your dad's house when you were staying with your dad? Okay. Okay.

So you're second grade going into third grade, you said? I'm going to second grade. Oh, you're going to second grade. What are you excited about for second grade? I like to do times. Oh, math? Yeah. I'm not good with math. I know times when I was in first grade. Uncle didn't even know times when I was in second grade, Cleo. What is two times four? Wait. You can use your fingers if you want. Two times four. Okay.

take your time one two three six girl okay well it's not six we'll try again next year because second grade is when you do multiplication that that was your pre-test i'm gonna ask you again a year from now what two times four is and you better get it right you can say okay i want another question okay what is two times two

Four. Period. Okay, period. Okay, so you know times. You're excited to learn more about times in second grade? Yes, but I can only do it under 10. Okay, under 10. I think two plus two times four was under 10, but yes, go off. I remember, you know, Uncle moved to America when I was second grade?

No. Yeah, I moved here when I was in second grade and I remembered I was the smartest in my class. I was the tallest in my class. Okay. She said, yeah, you're smart, but you're short. Okay, period. She said, she really, oh my God, Cleo, you really came for me for that. Oh my gosh. Well, I'll have you know, Cleo, and not to burst your bubble, but your mom was also the tallest in her class. And then middle school happened and everybody started growing and your mom...

So you better enjoy it up there, Cleo, because if you built like your mom, you're going to stop growing. You have, what, four more years of growing, girl. So enjoy that. Girl, just called me short. I never said you were. But you said I wasn't as tall as you in second grade. I never said that at all. I just said I'm tall. Okay. Okay, period. She said, don't put words in my mouth.

Okay, Cleo. I see you standing your ground. Next question. Right now, what do you want to be when you grow up? A volleyball coach. A volleyball coach. How come not a volleyball player? I want to be a volleyball player and a volleyball coach. Oh, okay. So you want to do both? Yeah. Okay. You should tell mommy to sign you up for sports, for volleyball. So you can start early. In school. When I'm in school, I'm going to do volleyball. Okay. After this summer.

Oh, after this summer. Okay. So is mom gonna... Practice. Oh, is mommy gonna sign you up for volleyball? No, my dad is. Oh, dad. Okay. Are you excited? Yes. Do you know what team you're gonna play for? No. Whatever fits me in. Okay. I think you're gonna be a really great volleyball player, Cleo. Because I am a good volleyball player and...

I'm going to make sure when you come over, we practice. We practice today. Okay, we can practice today. I have a volleyball. How come you, so you don't want to be white anymore? When did I say I wanted to be white? When you were a baby and I was like, Clay, what do you want to be when you grow up? And you said, play a white. You don't remember? No, that means I want to be a snowman. Oh, you wanted to be a snowman.

Okay, I didn't know. You didn't explain yourself. I was only a kid. Okay, so you don't want to be a snowman anymore? No. Have you seen snow before? No. Do you want to see snow? Yes. Okay, I can take you to Canada or something next time I go.

Do you have hobbies? What's a hobby? A hobby are like fun things you like to do or just like things to get your mind off things or like just fun things you like to do. I like to play Roblox. Oh, Roblox. Yeah, I know you like to play Roblox. You always ask for Roblox. And I like to paint. Oh, paint.

You should paint a painting for me one time and I'll put it up over here if you want. Okay. What kind of things do you want to try one day? Like, you know, things you haven't tried yet for like hobbies. You said you want to play volleyball. So you're going to do that. What else do you want to try? I want to try to cook. Cook? Oh, mommy and auntie Kat can help you try to learn how to cook.

You have to learn safeties like how to use knife, fire is really dangerous, and you can get cuts and burns. So you have to make sure mommy and auntie cat's watching you cook. What kind of things do you like to cook? What kind of things do you want to learn to cook? Pasta. Ooh, pasta. I like pasta. Okay. What is your favorite movie or show right now that you're watching? I don't really have one.

What do you like to watch on YouTube? I feel like kids these days don't really watch shows or movies, honestly. Oh! What? Ninja Turtles. Ooh, Ninja Turtles. I like to watch Oddbods, too. Who? Oddbods. Oddbods. What goes on in Oddbods? What is that? They're funny. Okay. They're Oddbods. All right, Cleo. Now you can ask me questions. I'm going to give you time to ask me questions. Oh, yeah.

Now, this is the part of the show where I ask Cleo what she wants to ask me. Cleo, do you have any questions for Uncle Bretman? Yes. Okay. Ask away.

I can tell you what's your favorite color. What's my favorite color? Yeah. I already answered that one. My favorite color is royal blue. Do you have any other favorite colors? I also like yellow, like this couch and like the flowers over there. I like yellow and blue because it's my aura colors. Like a summer yellow? Mm-hmm. Like bright, summer, happy, and blue and yellow always makes me happy. What do you like to do?

I like plants. I like taking care of my animals. You're allergic to my dogs. Only when they're licking my face. Yeah, she's allergic to a lot of things, y'all. She's an allergy baby.

She's getting itchy right now thinking about it, actually. And I also like to work out. I like to do sports. I like to run. I like to lift heavy weights. You said you weren't strong enough. Yeah, especially when my boyfriend's here. I'm not really strong. I'm like a weak little girl. You're a boy. Period. You ate that. You ate that. And what about it?

And what about it? And Uncle also loves makeup and hair. Who did your hair today? Uncle Bretman. Yeah. And how come you don't like to wear makeup anymore? Because I'm pretty enough. Period. Say that one more time, Cleo. I'm pretty enough. I'm pretty enough. I can't compete with your natural beauty, Cleo, honestly. So I had to put on makeup today. I wish I looked like you, but I don't.

Do you get offended when people say you look like me? No. Period. Because you're what? Beautiful.

I don't want to get DMC'd. What else questions do you have for me? What's your favorite show? What is my favorite show? Well, I am loving Love Island right now. Do you know Love Island? No. Well, Love Island is when people go on an island and they fall in love and stuff like that. Do you know what love is? Yes. What? Family. Ooh, family. I love that.

Oh, Cleo, I was on FaceTime with you the other day and you answered this question. I have one more question for you. What is your favorite thing about Uncle Brett? And I'll tell you my favorite thing about Cleo more. Your love. I'm gonna cry. Your favorite thing about me is what? Your love. Why is that your favorite thing about me? Because you're always sweet and you like to give me things. Period. What is your favorite thing I ever give you? My phone and my iPad.

Period. So that's love. My favorite thing about Cleo Amor, do you remember what I said? No. My favorite thing about Cleo is your light. I said you're very bright. I think you're so smart. You're always full of love. You always say thank you. You don't get mad.

You're always so quiet. And you always call me, but you never text me back. She's the worst texter in the world, girl. You make me feel like you humble me for sure. Because, you know, so many people out there would reply, you don't.

And I love it. Okay, I'm going to ask you questions that your fans want to ask you now. Are you ready? Yes. Are you excited? Yes. Okay. Before we start, what do you have to say to your fans, Cleo? Thank you. That's it? Yes. Okay, Cleo. So as they know, Cleo, you are a Halloween baby. Yes.

What is your favorite costume that we've done together so far? They want to know. When we did the Demon Slayer costumes. So every year, Cleo and I take turns picking costumes. Her first year picking was Frozen, right? Remember? Yes. And then you chose Demon Slayer. And now what do you want to be this year for us? So I can start.

Thinking. I want to be me. Me? You want to be me? Yeah. So what do you want to be for Halloween this year? For me and you? Because we always pick costumes. Should we just surprise them? I'll surprise. All right, y'all. Y'all heard her. Y'all just going to have to check out my Instagram on her birthday for Halloween. What we're going to be because she doesn't really know what we want to be yet. She said it's a surprise.

But your favorite one was the Demon Slayer? Yes. How come that was your favorite one? Because we did a heart at the end. We did a, oh yeah, we did a TikTok. You remember? Yes. Next question.

Cleo, they want to know because you know you have Roblox fans too. They want to know what is your favorite Roblox. Roblox! Sorry, Cleo. I don't play Roblox. What is your favorite Roblox game? I only know Robux because that's all you keep asking me for, girl. So what is your favorite Roblox game? Blade Ball. Blade Ball. What do you do in Blade Ball? You have to hit the ball.

When it's going to you. Period. I love that. Oh, like a spike ball? I don't know. So you have to hit the ball and then... Oh, like volleyball. So it's like volleyball. No, but you have a blade. Oh, okay. Well, we're going to have to play that. You have to show me because I don't know how to play that one. And I like dress to impress. Oh, you like dress to impress. Is that the one where it's like fashion shows? Yes.

Oh, you were showing me that one time. I love your Roblox characters that you show me. The one that was wearing like all white with the angel wings. You remember that one? Yes. Okay. All right, Cleo, what is your favorite Filipino food or Samoan food? How about I just ask you, what is your favorite Filipino food? And what is your favorite Samoan food? Starting with Filipino food. What is your favorite Filipino food that Mommy Mercy cooks you? Chicken adobo and lachan.

Ooh, okay. My favorite one is chicken adobo and my brother's Bicol Express. I love that. Okay, what is your favorite Samoan food that daddy makes or grandma makes? I don't know. I haven't tried any Samoan food, but I had one time, but I forget which one.

What the name was called. Oh, do you remember what was in it? No. Okay. My favorite Samoan food would have to be, well, it's not really food, but I don't also know if it's Samoan, but I love vaifala. Do you know vaifala? Yeah. That's my favorite. What about local Hawaiian food? What kind of, what's your favorite one? You like kalua pig?

Yeah. Okay. Clea, what are you most excited to do this summer? You're already like halfway through the summer already. And by the time this video goes out, you're going to be back in school already. But what are you most excited about this summer to do? Or if you already did it. Wait, ask the question again. What are you excited to do this summer? Hang out with my family. You like hanging out with us? Yes. Who's your favorite cousin? Or who do you like to play with the most? Adele.

Adele, you know Adele's moving to Vegas? Yes. Are you sad? Yeah. It's okay. You're going to see Adele again when she comes back. Or when you go visit Adele. You have to go visit Adele. How do you know? How do I know? Because that's family. You always see your family at least again. You never say goodbye and you never see them again.

Okay, next question. Cleo, where would you like to travel to in the world? I would like to travel to New York on my 22nd birthday. Ooh, that is so specific. Cleo is going to New York when she turns 22. How old are you now? Seven? Seven. So you have 15 more years to go. You have to turn seven two more times.

How old are you now when I'm gonna be 22? That is a great question, Cleo. Keep being curious. Girl, I don't want to think about how old I'm gonna be when you turn 22. What do you mean, Cleo? You're not supposed to age. In my world, you're seven forever. You're like Spongebob to me. You're like a character to me. You're like Dora.

Yeah, you can't age. I'm just kidding. I can't wait to go to New York with you when you turn 22 and I turn however old I turn. Are you excited for our trip to New York? Because I'm going to take you and we're going to do New York fashion weeks. Do you want to tell them why you want to go to New York? Is it because I FaceTimed you that one time and you were like... No. Oh, why New York? Because I like to see those pretty lights.

And I always see it on YouTube. Oh, who do you see New York from on YouTube? Random people. Oh, random people. So you want to see the concrete jungle. You know what the concrete jungle is? Nope.

Concrete jungle is like the jungle. You see how this is like the jungle right here? Well, concrete jungle is like the city. You want to live in New York one day? Okay. I don't want to stay there forever because I want to see my mom. But what if mommy is in New York with you? Still going back home. Okay. Okay, that's an easy flight. Okay, I love New York.

So next question. What is your favorite nail color? Cherry red. Cherry red. Like Auntie Cat's toes. Oh, your toes are red too? My favorite nail color is silver. I like when I have silver nails. You want to do our nails later? Like glitter? You want to do our nails later? No. Okay.

Oh, you already did it. Okay. I have a question, Cleo. What's your question? How many Instagram followers do you have now? I don't know. Who posts for you on Instagram then? My mom. Oh, okay. Let's see how much Instagram followers you have right now. I want to know. Because you know Billie Eilish?

Yes. She does a video every year. Well, not anymore, but she does a video every year where they ask her the same questions. And so every year I'm going to ask you the same questions and I want to see how many Instagram followers you have every year. And right now you have 1.1 million followers.

That's a lot. That's a lot. And you don't even post. I do. What do you mean? I do. What do you mean? Do you have any idea how big 1.1 million followers is? I don't know. That's a lot, Cleo. And you're only seven. How is the fame life? Do you think the fame is getting into your head? No. Period. How do you feel when people ask you for pictures?

Wait, what? Ask the question again? How do you feel when people ask you for pictures? Like, Cleo, Cleo, Cleo, can I have a picture? Unless they don't have to say my name double times. Period. She said, just ask once, she said. Just say Cleo. Okay. So, if you guys want a picture with Cleo, only say her name once, please. Because she hates it when people repeat her name, right? I never said it. I hate it. Oh, okay. Okay, well...

Well, when you guys ask Clea for a picture, please just say her name once. How does it make you feel, though, when people know you and you don't know them? Fine. Fine. Because remember, whenever we go out, you're always like, who was that? When people say hi to me, you're always like, who's that? Like, where's me? Oh, okay. She said, what about me? Okay. I see. I see. Maybe last two questions.

Cleo, what is the first, first, first memory that you can think of when we started making videos? What is the first video you can think of that we did? Your first memory. Like when we didn't do a video? Like not a video? No, just like your first video memory that we did. Do you remember? I don't have any video memories.

I guess you don't really, I don't, I feel like I'm always like secretly videotaping you, Cleo. But I remembered, okay, what is your first video that we filmed that you remember then? You asked me. What? What I wanted to be, when I wanted to be when I grow up. The white, the Cleo white? Yeah. That's your first video you remember? Yes. Okay. Okay.

What is your favorite video we made? My favorite video? Yeah. We made a lot of videos. When you asked me if I wanted candy and I said no. And then you gave it to me and I threw it on the ground.

Oh, okay. You were like a child, like when you came over and you were like this one and then you threw it. Yeah. Okay. I remember what video she's talking about. I just don't know if you guys would actually remember it, but it was in my stories. Like it was definitely in my stories that I would post her when I would babysit because I would just give her anything that she wanted. Honestly, I remembered one. My favorite memory is when you had, when you were constipated and you couldn't poop. Remember when you couldn't poop?

And your mom dropped you off at my house. And I was like... And then your mom didn't know what to give you. So I was like Gatorade. And then your mom asked me why Gatorade. And I was like, well, when I have to poop for certain reasons, winky face emoji, I take Gatorade or like electrolytes. And it worked because you pooped after and you were crying in the bathroom because you couldn't poop and your poop was so big. Ew. When was that? Like last summer, I think. What's last...

Last year. So I was six? Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. Remember you couldn't poop? That was when I was five. Oh, okay. Sorry. Two summers ago. Remember? It wasn't on summer. Yes, it was. It wasn't. Okay. Whenever it was two years ago, you couldn't poop. And that's my favorite memory of your allergies because I think she ate something that she wasn't supposed to.

Anyways, Cleo, did you have fun today? Yes. Really? Yes. Are you going to be excited to come back here next summer for your next interview? Yes. I hope by then you'll be more comfortable with the cameras because I feel like you got shy every time we start filming because...

I need everyone to know that she is never really this shy until the cameras are on because Miss Girl couldn't stop talking all morning and how excited she was. And then when it was time to film, she want to be all shy. But I think this is not too bad for your first time on camera, Claire. Did you have fun? Yes. Do you want to make more videos with Uncle? Yes. Okay. Okay.

All right, guys, we have made it to the end of the podcast where we talk about the product of the day slash week. I'm going to go first, Cleo. My product of the week and something that I've been using all summer is my Canon. This is a new one. I do have multiple Canon power shots. This one I got at Facebook Marketplace. I actually made my assistant cat pick it up with a random guy and

And honestly, if you guys are looking for a great summer camera, I know digital cameras are really in right now. I'm pretty sure you guys can get really cheap ones on TikTok shop. Please, please, please, please, please be fucking smart with your money and don't actually go out on like Amazon or eBay and get it more than like 100 bucks. Because honestly, this was like 30 bucks on Facebook Marketplace. The other one I found at Savers for $15. So yeah.

I would say digital camera for summer 24K is giving. Cleo, what is your product of the day? You want to see in your bag? Okay. Oh, okay. She's bringing it back. What is your product of the day, Cleo? Hydrated hand sanitizer. A hydrating hand sanitizer. Why? Because it smells good. Smells good. Can I smell it?

Mmm, smells like lavender. It is lavender. Ooh, you like lavender? Yes. Okay, why is that your product of the week? Because it smells good? Because I only had it in my bag. You have it in your bag always. What does hand sanitizers do? Make my hands clean. From Germy Germs Germs.

well that's it right yes okay all right you guys thank you guys so much for watching this episode with cleo moore amia tonu did you have fun today cleo yes make sure you guys follow me in all of my social media everything is at brentman rock that's including instagram tick tock snap even i don't use snap anymore but yeah

Also here on YouTube, make sure you guys like and subscribe to the Baddest Radio. Make sure you guys also rate the Baddest Radio. Please give it a thumbs up or a five star, whatever you want to rate it. 10 out of 10, period. Cleo, where can they find you? Instagram. Yes. What is your Instagram handle? Cleo Amorim, YouTube. Yeah, follow her on Instagram. So next time she comes back, she has 2.2 million followers.

How much followers I have? She has 1.1. But if you posted more, then people might follow you. I'm just kidding. Say bye, guys. Bye, guys. See you next summer. See you next summer. Bye. Aloha. You don't want to say muah? Okay. Bye. Bye.

Bye, beach. I'll see you next Thursday. Yeah. Don't forget to follow, rate, and like. You can follow me at BretmanRock on everything and follow the podcast at The Baddest Radio on all social media. Bye, beach. Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.